Just a few of the NEW books available at Forsyth Public Library this week!
Happy 2025 from FPL!
Need help planning a trip in 2025? Whether you're staying in the US or traveling out of the country, Hoopla has loads of travel guides to assist you in your quest. All you need is your library card to get things moving.
It's a brand new year and just about everyone has some goals or plans they'd like to accomplish. Let the library help you by stopping in for our 2025 Inspiration Board Drop-in. Inspiration boards can be a way to visualize your goals, using favorite quotes, drawings, even clippings from old magazines. Come get inspired with us.
Crafternoon Delight
1st and 3rd Monday of the Month in the Program Room
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Need a quiet place to get your craft on? Bring everything you need for whatever you’re creating into the library. Two Mondays a month Crafternoon Delight provides a peaceful place for you to work. Whether it’s crocheting, drawing, painting, jewelry making - basically anything crafty - simply bring the supplies and equipment you need in order to get things done with limited interruption. You might even meet a fellow crafter to share ideas with.
You bring the project, we'll provide the space!
This week's activities at the Forsyth Public Library:
Story Time with Miss Kelsey returns Friday, January 3!
Join us for some new cool themes, great stories and books, plus the ever-popular in-house craft for the kids to complete and take home. Our first theme is about Winter so put on your warmest clothes and venture out to see us. It's never too cold for a heart-warming good time at the library.
This week's activities at the Forsyth Public Library:
Forsyth Public Library is thrilled to be partnering with Maroa Public Library on our very first combined Winter Reading Challenge - just for students at Maroa-Forsyth Grade School! MFGS students in grades PreK - 5 can participate in the challenge by spending 15 minutes reading a book that fits each category on the board. Once your young reader has completed a BINGO (across, down or diagonal), they can return the completed Winter Reading Challenge sheet to *either* the Forsyth Public Library OR the Maroa Public Library by January 17 to earn a prize and get their name entered into a drawing for our BIG Winter Reading gift basket. Happy reading!
We've extended our Holiday Ornament Drop-in another week! Stop in with the family and make our Round the Tree ornament, Corky the Snowman ornament or both. Take them home to put on your tree or give them as a gift to someone special.
The staff wishes all of our wonderful patrons Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year!
Consider yourself lucky! We had several of our Roku sticks returned on Saturday and now they're ready to go home with you. Each Roku stick features a subscription to one of the streaming services listed below. You simply plug it in, connect to your home Wi-Fi, and start watching something new. Rokus can be checked out for 1 week at a time, so hurry in and grab yours today!
- BritBox
- MAX
- Disney+ and Hulu
- Paramount+ and Peacock
This week's activities at the Forsyth Public Library:
Family Ornament Drop-in
Monday, December 9 through Saturday, December 14
during regular library hours
Bring the whole family into the library and make one of these two adorable ornaments. They're easy for all ages and can be hung on your family tree or gifted to deserving family member or friend. Available while supplies last
This week's activities at the Forsyth Public Library:
Our trees are up and ready for decorating! Come to the library tonight from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and join our 2nd Annual Tree Decorating Party. We'll have lots of ornaments to put on, plus the kids can color and cut their own special designs. Don't forget, we have a very special guest coming to visit at 4:30 p.m.!
Perler Bead Snowflake Drop-in
Saturday, December 7 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
All Ages Welcome - Available while supplies last
Make it snow in the library by creating some cool Perler Bead Snowflakes. All ages are welcome to participate in this hands-on activity. Hang your creations on your tree, in your windows or gift them to someone. It will be snow much fun!
This week's activities at the Forsyth Public Library:
The Magic of Raina Telgemeier
Tuesday, December 10
7:00 p.m. via Zoom
https://bit.ly/ILP_RainaTelgemeier
Join us for a night with critically acclaimed comic artist, Raina Telgemeier! Raina is the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts, and Guts, all #1 New York Times bestsellers. She also adapted and illustrated four graphic novel versions of Ann M. Martin’s Baby-Sitters Club series, and has contributed short stories to many anthologies. New in 2024, The Cartoonists Club — a one-of-a-kind graphic novel from Raina and Scott McCloud.
Raina’s accolades include six Eisner Awards, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and many Best-of and Notables lists. Raina grew up in San Francisco, then moved to New York City, where she earned an illustration degree at the School of Visual Arts. Raina currently lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
Children's Librarian Genevieve Grove will join Raina in conversation.
Register at the link below:
https://bit.ly/ILP_RainaTelgemeier
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility.
We wish you all a wonderful day!
